THE FIRST INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE FIRST INVESTIGATION

[Good Friday morning, everyone!

Ah, the sun is shini--no.

Well, the birds are singi--....no...

It's time to take a shower and--...oh.

It's...the bats are...cute....?




Ok, it's a dreary and miserable morning and everyone is annoyed that they are here and there's an infestation of spiders and creepy happenings and the Stewards are jerks and no one likes this place, ever. Fine. Be that way. So.

What is everyone doing?]

Comments

[silvertongueheir]

[She was already strangled, what's the point of this? He'll inspect her neck, now, as well as those injuries on her head...]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[First, the neck.

The bruises aren't hand-shaped, or otherwise look like someone used their hands to choke Akko.]

[silvertongueheir]

[Oh boy. What does it look like, then? Wire? Rope? ...bedsheets twisted together?]

[strangerpeople]

[It does look like it was something that was pretty thick. So at the very least, it was probably not rope or wire.]

[silvertongueheir]

[Hopefully someone finds whatever it was...he'll take a look at that head injury now.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Make that multiple, albeit mostly small, head injuries. Some look like cuts, others look like bruising.]

[necroyalty]

[As the resident necromancer she knows a bit about dead bodies; are those bruises consistent with any kind of internal damage?]

[strangerpeople]

[Considering bruises can be a sign of internal damage, most likely.

But, overall, if Ambrosine takes the whole picture of the head in, it looks a bit like something just smashed into the back of Akko's head.]

[necroyalty]

[That's. Rather disconcerting.

What is this particular something shaped like?]

[strangerpeople]

[If it had to be a shape, it's somewhat circular, with the more profuse of the bruises and cuts near a central point.]

[necroyalty]

[She's jogging her memory... anything in the mansion with that shape?]

[strangerpeople]

[There are a lot of things with that shape. In any case, while she thinks about it, would she like to keep looking over the body?]

[necroyalty]

[Let's move over to the chest, then.]

[strangerpeople]

[She will find that despite that despite the wound diagram, there is no wound there. Which means one thing.

>turn her back over for a second?]

[necroyalty]

[Let's... do that.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[And there is the gaping wound, straight through the back. No exit wound in the front, but it still looks like it could have been nasty.

Despite that, there's very little blood coming from the wound.]

Re: EVIDENCE

[necroyalty]

[Ugh and this is why she prefers skeletons to zombies.

But.

Let's lightly touch the wound, does it still feel fresh?]

[strangerpeople]

[It does not.

She will notice something else, though.]

[necroyalty]

[Oh god what is it]

[strangerpeople]

[It's actually a small wooden spear, wedged into Akko's back.

It looks like it came from the Arena.]

[silvertongueheir]

[...why. Is that injury on her waist on her back as well, or do they have to turn her over again?]

[strangerpeople]

[Looks like they will have to turn her over.]

[necroyalty]

...perhaps I should be elsewhere, but.

[Looking at Akko. Those eyes open or closed?]

[strangerpeople]

[Closed.]

[necroyalty]

[She gently boops Akko on the snoot.]

Rest, dear. And may the Ruby Witch take you far away from this accursed den.

[She has two daughters who aren't much older this is genuinely upsetting.]